by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870)
Translation by Ricardo (or Richard) Jordan (1857 - 1902)
Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas
Language: Spanish (Español)
Available translation(s): ENG
¿Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas en mi pupila tu pupila azul. ¡Qué es poesía!, ¿Y tú me lo preguntas? Poesía... eres tú.
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Authorship
- by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 21 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Roberto Sierra (b. 1953), "Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas", 1996?9 [medium voice and piano], from Rimas, no. 1, Subito Music Corporation [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ricardo (or Richard) Jordan (1857 - 1902) , no title, appears in Spanische Lieder von Gustavo Adolfo Becquer ins deutsche übertragen ENG ; composed by Hans Hermann.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Poom Pipatjarasgit) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Was Poesie, soll ich dir sagen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)
Was Poesie, soll ich dir sagen, Indes dein Aug' in süßer Ruh Wie blauer Himmel glänzt dazu? Und du, mein Lieb, du kannst es fragen? - Nun, Poesie ..., bist du ... ja, du!
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Authorship
- by Ricardo (or Richard) Jordan (1857 - 1902), no title, appears in Spanische Lieder von Gustavo Adolfo Becquer ins deutsche übertragen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 21
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Was, Poesie, soll ich dir sagen", op. 27 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [voice and piano], Berlin, Weinholtz [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-29
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Word count: 34